社會主義新農村

Socialist New Countryside

To address the increasingly conspicuous imbalance in the country's economic landscape, the fourth generation leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has gone to great lengths to correct the urban-rural divide. "Socialist New Countryside" is to date the most comprehensive solution it has prescribed.

The concept first appeared in early 2005 in a major policy paper on rural development. The CPC-proposed a blueprint for the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). It portrays the "new countryside" as featuring "advanced production, a well-to-do life, civilized folkways, a neat look, and democratic management". As part of the campaign, the central authorities are reorienting public finance to support rural development programs.

十六屆五中全會對新農村建設提出了“生產發展、生活寬裕、鄉風文明、村容整潔、管理民主”的要求。這二十個字的要求是一個有機整體，既包括發展農村生產力，也包括調整完善農村生產關系和上層建筑。這是宏觀層面上的目標要求。就操作層面看，有這樣六個方面的內容，即新設施、新環境、新房舍、新公共服務、新社會保障和新精神風貌。